Number of missing vulnerable children soars as safeguarding is cut during pandemic One of the many adverse consequences of lockdown. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/06/alarming-rise-in-cases-of-missing-children-following-safeguarding-cuts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

A perennial problem especially with public pension funds. https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsiedle/2020/05/24/state-pension-overseers-lack-investment-experiencewhat-could-possibly-go-wrong/#59f69e0127aa

Thousands of cancer patients could die early due to coronavirus delays, study finds

The responses to Covid will be deemed a complete failure in at least one respect – the total lack of consideration of secondary impact of the lockdown. I rarely heard health pundits who advocated lockdown discuss thr secondary and tertiary costs. Long after it was clear hospital capacity wouldn’t be overwhelmed the public health experts …

Malnutrition leading cause of death and ill health worldwide – report https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/12/malnutrition-leading-cause-of-death-and-ill-health-worldwide-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Weighing Sweden’s Coronavirus Model The global economy needs a leader as lockdowns are lifted and countries fear a second wave if lockdowns are relaxed to quickly. The Swedish model can be that model and happy to see WHO endorsing it as a legitimate approach. The worst case scenarios never materialized in terms of Covid disease …

As we approach the end of the six week lock down in the UK and talks of extending until June, it’s time for a reality check. Below are some facts that reveal the hypocrisy of the UK lockdown. These stories are replicated in many other places (in fact in a number of ways, the UK …

Crossing the Rubicon: Ratings Inflation and The Fed’s Misguided Support for Speculative Grade Debt and CLOs https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/crossing-rubicon-ratings-inflation-feds-misguided-support-dubitsky

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